FileNotFoundError

[mikan01]

Program gets aborted at this particular book with FileNotFoundError

[.] Json dump for book https://www*blinkist*com/en/books/the-five-most-important-questions-you-will-ever-ask-about-your-organization-en already exixts, skipping scraping...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 0...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 1...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 2...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 3...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 4...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 5...
[.] Downloading audio file for blink 6...
[.] Combining audio files for the-five-most-important-questions-you-will-ever-ask-about-your-organization-en
[!] ffmpeg output file longer than 260 characters. Trying shorter filename...
[.] Generating .html for the-five-most-important-questions-you-will-ever-ask-about-your-organization-en
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 69, in
processed_books = process_book_json(book_json, processed_books)
File "main.py", line 29, in process_book_json
generator.generate_book_html(book_json)
File "C:\Users\Fang Yuan\Downloads\blinkist-scraper-master\generator.py", line 42, in generate_book_html
with open(html_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'books\Entrepreneurship\Peter F Drucker - The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization\Peter F Drucker - The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization.html'

[leoncvlt]

Looking at that last filename I get the feeling that the path might have still ended up being longer than 260 characters (even if the script is trying to use a short filename) which causes issues with ffmpeg on Windows. Could you try running the script from a short location (e.g put it in C:/test or something like that)?

[mikan01]

It worked, thank you!!

[leoncvlt]

Would still like for this to be handled properly (I thought it only bugged ffmpeg but apparently the html file doesn't like this either), so I'll leave this open and have a look at it.

[mikan01]

ohhh, I stumbled upon the same error again even though I renamed the parent directory to just alphabet "B" in C Drive.

[.] Json dump for book https*://wwwblinkistcom/en/books/becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en already exixts, skipping scraping...
[.] Book becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en does not have audio blinks, skipping scraping audio...
[.] Generating .html for becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 69, in
processed_books = process_book_json(book_json, processed_books)
File "main.py", line 29, in process_book_json
generator.generate_book_html(book_json)
File "C:\b\generator.py", line 42, in generate_book_html
with open(html_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'books\Communication Skills\Michael Frisch, Robert Lee, Karen L Metzger, Jeremy Robinson and Judy Rosemarin - Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach\Michael Frisch, Robert Lee, Karen L Metzger, Jeremy Robinson and Judy Rosemarin - Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach.html'

[mikan01]

ohhh, I stumbled upon the same error again even though I renamed the parent directory to just alphabet "B" in C Drive.

[.] Json dump for book https*://www_blinkist_com/en/books/becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en already exixts, skipping scraping...
[.] Book becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en does not have audio blinks, skipping scraping audio...
[.] Generating .html for becoming-an-exceptional-executive-coach-en
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 69, in
processed_books = process_book_json(book_json, processed_books)
File "main.py", line 29, in process_book_json
generator.generate_book_html(book_json)
File "C:\b\generator.py", line 42, in generate_book_html
with open(html_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'books\Communication Skills\Michael Frisch, Robert Lee, Karen L Metzger, Jeremy Robinson and Judy Rosemarin - Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach\Michael Frisch, Robert Lee, Karen L Metzger, Jeremy Robinson and Judy Rosemarin - Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach.html'

Fixed the issue by following the below guide

https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-10/enable-long-file-name-support-windows-10

[leoncvlt]

Great! I should have fixed this in the script with 8c5e51a, but that's good to know - guess it explains why I wasn't being able to replicate this, I probably enabled that on my system a long time ago. I'll add a little blurb in the readme about this just in case! 😉